Fantasy Outlook
First off, let's hand out some kudos to Boldin for his career resurgence in his first season as a 49er last year. He topped 1,000 receiving yards for the first time since the 2009 season, finishing the year with 1,179 yards to go along with seven touchdowns. At the ripe old age of 33, he also hauled in a very respectable 65.4% of his passes, not bad for a player who was never known as a speedster. His solid production propelled him to a 15th place fantasy ranking at wide receiver, a great reward for his fantasy owners. Unfortunately, the fun should come to a halt in 2014. After missing 11 games last season, Michael Crabtree is expected to be fully healthy for the upcoming season and the 49ers also added Steve Johnson in the offseason, a player who has three 1,000 yard seasons to his credit. In a run heavy offense, there are only so many balls to go around and we don't expect that Boldin will see enough of them to come close to matching his production last season. In fact, we don't even project Boldin to finish as a decent WR3 in 12 team leagues.